EP1647194A1 - Procédé et machine déposant une couche décorative sur des produits alimentaires - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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- the present invention relates to a method for forming a decorative layer on the surface of a food item, in particular a cap of icing deposited on a convex upper surface of the said food product.
- the invention was developed in particular with a view to the possible use for forming a decorative cap of a material such as glass and/or chocolate icing on food items such as pralines and the like.
- the object of the invention is therefore to provide a method of the type described above, which on the one hand makes it possible to achieve a food product with a decorating cap having a hand-crafted look, similar to that of a traditional confectionery item, while on the other hand can be used especially in the context of mass production.
- the problem addressed by the invention is felt most acutely in the domain of mass production of food items, such as pralines, cream puffs or the like, in which coating with a substance in a fluid state, such as chocolate or sugar fluid, which will harden at ambient temperature, is used not only to improve taste but especially as decoration, and therefore must satisfy precise aesthetic requirements.
- a metered quantity of decorating material to be applied to a food item is divided into parts in such a way to obtain a plurality of deposits on the item which are distributed onto the surface thereof, and a blowing or vibrating action causes the various deposits to spread and merge together, thereby providing a cap which is irregular and random, similar to those achieved by hand.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a decorating machine for forming a decorative cap on a surface of a food product, in particular an icing cap on the convex upper surface of the said food item, having the characteristics claimed in Claim 7.
- Preferred embodiments of the machine form the object of Claims 8 to 20.
- a decorating machine includes a support structure 4 bearing a drive unit 6 and a dispenser assembly 8.
- the support structure 4 can be constituted by a height adjustable slide, for example.
- the dispenser assembly 8 includes a chamber or tank 10 into which the fluid material C to be dispensed is supplied through a supply duct (not shown), and a dispenser head 12 for depositing the material C onto a substrate or food product PB.
- a plurality of dispenser ducts 14 are formed parallel to each other in the dispenser head 12, in communication with the chamber 10 through respective transverse fluid intake apertures 15, each of which is arranged in a predetermined position along the corresponding dispenser duct 14. In this way, as a result of a fall in pressure (caused by the vertical return travel of needles 21 - described in more detail later - in the ducts 14), the material C to be dispensed flows from the chamber 10 into the dispenser ducts 14.
- the ducts 14 are arranged so as to have a central duct, defining an axis of symmetry, with the other ducts 14 arranged around it symmetrically. It is even more preferable if the opening 15 to the central duct 14 is arranged at a higher level than the openings to the other ducts.
- a piston 16 is slidably sealingly mounted in a passage 18 in communication with the chamber 10 and positioned above the dispenser head 12.
- a plurality of needles 21 are fitted at one end 20 of the piston 16, aligned axially with the dispenser ducts 14, in a one to one configuration.
- Each needle 21 is slidably and sealingly mounted in a respective dispenser duct 14.
- the piston 16 is movable, in a reciprocating linear motion, between a retracted start of stroke position, in which the ends 21a of the needles 21 are positioned in the respective dispenser ducts 14 so that the openings 15 are left open, enabling the material to be dispensed to flow through the ducts 14 (see Figures 1 and 2), and a forward end of stroke position (not shown) in which the ends 21a of the needles 21 penetrate along the respective dispenser ducts 14 for a predetermined distance between the openings 15 and the lower ends of the dispenser ducts 14.
- Each dispenser duct 14 is in communication with a respective dispenser nozzle 22.
- Valve means, generally indicated 26, are interposed between each dispenser nozzle 22 and respective dispenser duct 14.
- valve means are movable between:
- valve means 26 associated with each duct 14 include a valve member, for example a ball valve member 30, maintained against the output opening 34 of the dispenser duct 14 by resilient means 35, for example a coil spring.
- the ball valve member 30 is located in a valve chamber 40, one end of which is in fluid communication with the output opening 34 of the dispenser duct 14, and the other of which is in fluid communication with the nozzle 22.
- the piston 16 is driven in a linear reciprocating motion by a drive unit 6.
- the motor included in the drive unit 6 can include any type of electric, pneumatic or hydraulic motor, either linear or rotary, provided that in the case of a rotary motor the assembly 6 includes means for converting the rotary motion of the shaft into the linear motion of the piston.
- the motor assembly includes a monostable solenoid valve 41 and a double acting pneumatic cylinder 42.
- the solenoid valve 41 controls the pneumatic cylinder 42, the rod of which is fixed to the piston 16.
- the cylinder 42 is of a through-rod type, with an end of the rod being housed in the solenoid valve 41. This configuration makes it possible to adjust the travel of the piston 16, and therefore of the dispenser needles 21.
- the decorating machine of the invention is intended in particular to be used in association with conveyor means, such as a conveyor 46 for example, which advances the substrate or base product PB onto which drops GC of material C (see Figure 3) are deposited, relative to the decorating machine, which is generally stationary.
- the conveyor 46 may be of a generic type, a belt conveyor for example (made of steel or another material), or a chain conveyor with aprons or slats, and its movement may be either continuous or intermittent and its speed either fixed or variable.
- the machine of the invention is especially indicated in the event of the product being made up of a plurality of separate food items, such as pralines or cream puffs with a convex upper surface S.
- product PB comprises pralines or puffs
- the said product PB advancing on the conveyor 46 has been first lined up, by centering guides for example (indicated G in Figure 3), into a line intended to pass under the dispenser head 12.
- a reader device 43 optical fibre, photocell
- a control unit operable to control the drive unit 6, such as a PLC provided with an encoder for measuring the instantaneous speed of the product conveyor.
- the motor 6 can be synchronized with the arrival of the product PB and the material C can be dispensed when the product PB is directly beneath the dispenser head 12.
- the decorating machine of the invention also includes a blower device 51, arranged downstream of the dispenser assembly 8 in respect of the direction of advancement of the conveyor 46.
- This device 51 has a nozzle 52 for blowing filtered pressurized air, the flow rate and pressure of which can be regulated, onto the surface S of the puff PB onto which drops of material C have been deposited.
- the orientation of the nozzle 52 that is the inclination thereof to the horizontal plane bearing the substrate PB, is adjustable in dependence on the speed of advancement of the conveyor 46, the type of product and the type of decoration required.
- the decorating machine includes a vibrator device 53 (indicated schematically in the drawings by a two-directional zig-zag arrow) positioned beneath the conveyor 46 at a region where the puff PB will pass.
- This vibrator device 53 is operable to impart, through the conveyor 46, a vibration to the puff PB on which drops of material C have been deposited.
- the material C to be dispensed can flow into the dispenser ducts 14 through the inlet openings 15, while the valve means 26 - which are closed under the action exerted by each spring 35 on the respective ball valve member 30 - prevent the material from flowing through the nozzles 22.
- valve means 26 are operated in open position, as a result of the pressure exerted on each ball valve member 30 by the material to be dispensed, under the action of the needles 21 as they advance through the respective dispenser ducts 14.
- each duct 14 the material to be dispensed flows through an annular space between the ball valve member 30 and the internal surface of the valve chamber 40 in which the ball valve member 30 is located, and enters the dispenser duct 24, to be extruded through the opening of the nozzle 22.
- this duct dispenses a greater volume of material, whereby the central drop has a greater volume than the others.
- the quantities dispensed as drops GC tend to spread on the surface S of the product PB. This tendency depends in particular on the rheological properties of the decorating material, which can be for example chocolate, chocolate surrogate, or sugar icing in a liquid state, and on the physical properties and the shape of the product PB.
- An air blow directed against the product PB and coming from the blower device 51 allows to spread the deposits further, causing them to merge and form a substantially continuous cap of icing GL on the surface S at the top of the product PB (see Figure 3).
- vibration imparted to the product PB, by means of the vibrator device 53 via the conveyor 46 allows to spread of drops, which therefore tend to merge and form the icing cap GL.
- icing should be understood here to refer to a decorative coating made up of sugar, chocolate, chocolate surrogate or any other material normally used to decorate food products.
- the method of depositing the icing and of spreading it make it possible to achieve a product that has a hand finished look, despite being manufactured industrially since, the shape of the decorative cap GL, due to the random merging of the individual drops GC is necessarily somewhat irregular and in any case differs from one puff to another.
- the method of the invention as described above is particularly suited to the decoration of products such as pralines or cream puffs, it can also be used to apply a decorative layer to a mat of bakery product, such as slices of sponge cake, for example.
- decorating machine has a single dispenser head 12, it is clear that the machine is particularly suited to being fitted with a plurality of dispenser heads 12, arranged in a row perpendicular to the plane of the cross section of Figure 1, so as to decorate several lines of products PB transverse the path of advancement of the conveyor 46. It is also possible to provide two or more rows of dispenser heads 12, as shown in Figure 4. It will be appreciated that such embodiments of the invention would require several guides for aligning the puffs PB into several lines, each intended to pass under a respective dispenser head 12, and that each dispenser head 12 would require an associated reader device 43.
- the bottom of the chamber 10 is in communication with all the assemblies of dispenser duct 14 associated with the various dispenser heads 12 and contains a corresponding plurality of pistons 16, each controlled by a respective drive unit 6 and fitted with a plurality of needles 21.
- a particular advantage of the decorating method using rows of dispenser heads 12 in communication with a single chamber 10 is that the overall dimensions of the machine 2 can be fairly compact, and in any case take up less space than a plurality of separate machines each with only one dispenser head 12.
- a preferred embodiment of the decorating machine is that in which the machine has a plurality of dispenser heads.
- the valve means can be modified with respect to those described providing they offer equivalent operating functionality.
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PL04425774T PL1647194T3 (pl) | 2004-10-14 | 2004-10-14 | Sposób i urządzenie do formowania dekoracyjnej warstwy na produkcie spożywczym |
EP04425774.9A EP1647194B1 (fr) | 2004-10-14 | 2004-10-14 | Procédé et machine déposant une couche décorative sur des produits alimentaires |
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EP04425774.9A EP1647194B1 (fr) | 2004-10-14 | 2004-10-14 | Procédé et machine déposant une couche décorative sur des produits alimentaires |
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WO2011064747A1 (fr) | 2009-11-27 | 2011-06-03 | Soremartec S.A. | Produit alimentaire emballé et procédé de fabrication de celui-ci |
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DE3416899A1 (de) * | 1984-05-08 | 1985-11-21 | Morinaga Machinery Co., Ltd., Yokohama | Dekoriermaschine |
US4979463A (en) * | 1988-11-23 | 1990-12-25 | Sollich Gmbh & Co. Kg | Coating machine with shaking device |
EP0554707A1 (fr) | 1992-01-21 | 1993-08-11 | Soremartec S.A. | Appareil et procédé pour appliquer des revêtements d'une substance fluide |
EP0680701A1 (fr) | 1994-05-03 | 1995-11-08 | Soremartec | Procédé pour former un capuchon décoratif sur un aliment et aliment obtenu |
WO2000000034A1 (fr) * | 1998-06-29 | 2000-01-06 | Billcrest Products Limited | Procede et appareil pour deposer et etaler une sauce a pizza sur une base de pizza |
US6363880B1 (en) * | 1999-05-04 | 2002-04-02 | Hosokawa Kreuter Gmbh | Device for coating foodstuff articles with cocoa butter-containing substances or similar fat-containing substances |
DE20215244U1 (de) * | 2002-10-02 | 2003-01-09 | Gesellschaft für technische Entwicklungen mbH, 28832 Achim | Volumendosiersystem |
EP1308216A2 (fr) * | 2001-10-31 | 2003-05-07 | Nordson Corporation | Distributeur de fluide à compensation automatique et son procédé d'utilisation |
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DE3416899A1 (de) * | 1984-05-08 | 1985-11-21 | Morinaga Machinery Co., Ltd., Yokohama | Dekoriermaschine |
US4979463A (en) * | 1988-11-23 | 1990-12-25 | Sollich Gmbh & Co. Kg | Coating machine with shaking device |
EP0554707A1 (fr) | 1992-01-21 | 1993-08-11 | Soremartec S.A. | Appareil et procédé pour appliquer des revêtements d'une substance fluide |
EP0680701A1 (fr) | 1994-05-03 | 1995-11-08 | Soremartec | Procédé pour former un capuchon décoratif sur un aliment et aliment obtenu |
WO2000000034A1 (fr) * | 1998-06-29 | 2000-01-06 | Billcrest Products Limited | Procede et appareil pour deposer et etaler une sauce a pizza sur une base de pizza |
US6363880B1 (en) * | 1999-05-04 | 2002-04-02 | Hosokawa Kreuter Gmbh | Device for coating foodstuff articles with cocoa butter-containing substances or similar fat-containing substances |
EP1308216A2 (fr) * | 2001-10-31 | 2003-05-07 | Nordson Corporation | Distributeur de fluide à compensation automatique et son procédé d'utilisation |
DE20215244U1 (de) * | 2002-10-02 | 2003-01-09 | Gesellschaft für technische Entwicklungen mbH, 28832 Achim | Volumendosiersystem |
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WO2011064747A1 (fr) | 2009-11-27 | 2011-06-03 | Soremartec S.A. | Produit alimentaire emballé et procédé de fabrication de celui-ci |
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